Psalms 9:15

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

In Context

14that I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.

16LORD has made himself known. He has executed justice. The wicked man is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

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Cross References

Psalms 13:6I will sing to LORD because he has dealt bountifully with me.

Psalms 35:8Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net that he has hid catch himself. Let him fall in it with destruction.

Psalms 37:15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Psalms 94:23And he has brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. LORD our God will cut them off.

Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take a wicked man, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 9:12-20

A Call to Praise God; Certain Ruin of the Wicked. 11 Sing praises to the Lord , which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 15 The heathen are sunk… Read the whole commentary →

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